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Debate between Matt Hancock and Simon Danczuk
Wednesday 21st October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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My hon. Friend makes an important point, which is that a huge contribution can be made to Government procurement by small businesses. In the previous Parliament we hit our target of a quarter of Government procurement going to small business, and in this Parliament we have a new goal that a third of Government business should go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Simon Danczuk Portrait Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab)
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T6. A council candidate who is also a parliamentary candidate on the same day has an unfair financial advantage over their council opponents because they have additional candidate spending in that ward. What is the Minister going to do about it?